diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index c03a286ed418..2fc3690d8e93 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ bool cifs_reparse_point_to_fattr(struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb,
 	case 0: /* SMB1 symlink */
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK:
 	case IO_REPARSE_TAG_NFS:
-		fattr->cf_mode = S_IFLNK;
+		fattr->cf_mode = S_IFLNK | cifs_sb->ctx->file_mode;
 		fattr->cf_dtype = DT_LNK;
 		break;
 	default: